To those of us who attended elementary school in California, We were LIED TO regarding the Spanish Missions & the Indigenous peoples of California. we were taught in 4th grade that the Spanish Friars & the Indians got along great at the Missions, that they lived together in peace & harmony. That was nothing but LIES. The Missions were Concentration camps in which the Indians were kept as slaves and treated terribly, Forced to work long days for no pay with daily whippings and punishment. they were feed starvation amounts of food, they were not taught Spanish or any useful skills, they were simply kept as Slaves by the Friars. the death rates in the Missions were very high, always higher then birth rates. and this went on for almost 65 years.... This is a terrible history we were kept blind to
This great book that exposes the Terrible Truth about the Spanish Missions here in California.. you'll never look at any of the Missions again and think how great they are with the knowledge they were really nothing more then Death camps for over 100,000 Indigenous People of California..
I just finished reading it and cannot recommend it enough to learn the terrible truth about the California Missions...
This great book that exposes the Terrible Truth about the Spanish Missions here in California.. you'll never look at any of the Missions again and think how great they are with the knowledge they were really nothing more then Death camps for over 100,000 Indigenous People of California..
I just finished reading it and cannot recommend it enough to learn the terrible truth about the California Missions...
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